Duration | 00:36:13.213 |
Abstract | Mr. and Mrs. Banasik discuss their marriage and family life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. They describe work, home, recreation, and entertainment activities. They also comment on changes in society and politics. The following topics are also included in the interview: Childhood background -- Meeting each other -- Finding a home -- Wages after World War II -- Journeyman sheet metal apprenticeship -- Buying first home -- Building own home -- First telephone -- Children -- Life before and after children -- Employment, young people -- Railroad employment -- La Crosse railroads -- Neighborhood development -- Family Picnics -- Change in television culture -- World War II enlistment -- Atom bomb Japan -- Bomb shelters -- Korean War, opinion -- Korean War, economy -- Buying habits -- John F. Kennedy, opinion -- Food service, UW La Crosse, 1964 -- Fair grounds near UW La Crosse -- UW La Crosse campus expansion -- Goose Town neighborhood |
Contributor | La Crosse Urban History Project |
Interviewee | Banasik, Ed |
Banasik, Helen | |
Interviewer | Dal Santo, Susan |
Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Type of resource | sound recording |
Genre | history |
Genre authority | marcgt |
Publisher name | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
Place of publication | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
Date published | 1987 |
Date captured | 2017-03-22 |
Language | eng |
Subject topic | Banasik, Ed -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Banasik, Helen -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Oral history -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Interviews -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Families Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | Recreation -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | La Crosse (Wis.) -- Social life and customs Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | United States -- History -- 1945-1953 Authority: LCSH |
Subject topic | United States -- History -- 1953-1961 Authority: LCSH |
Source note | Interviews form basis for student reports cataloged separately.; Forms part of: La Crosse Urban History Project, 1945-1960, conducted by students of History 325, American Urban History, at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1987. |
Content | 00:00:20—Childhood background | 00:01:05—Meeting each other | 00:01:45—Finding a home | 00:02:25—Wages after World War II | 00:02:50—Journeyman sheet metal apprenticeship | 00:03:55—Buying first home | 00:04:33 -- Building own home | 00:06:48—First telephone | 00:08:00—Children | 00:09:00—Life before and after children | 00:12:50—employment, young people | 0:13:30—Railroad employment | 00:14:35—La Crosse railroads | 00:15:40—Neighborhood development | 00:16:30—Family Picnics | 00:18:01—Change in television culture | 00:19:07—World War II enlistment | 00:21:25—atom bomb Japan | 00:23:25—bomb shelters | 00:25:13—Korean War, opinion | 00:26:24—Korean War, economy | 00:28:26—Buying habits | 00:29:27—John F. Kennedy, opinion | 00:30:25—food service, UW La Crosse, 1964 | 00:32:40—Fair grounds near UW La Crosse | 00:33:40- UW La Crosse campus expansion | 00:35:05—Goose Town neighborhood |
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Collection | UWL Oral History Program Collection |
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